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\bˈɑːkle͡ɪ vˈɪnsənt hˈɛd], \bˈɑːkleɪ vˈɪnsənt hˈɛd], \b_ˈɑː_k_l_eɪ v_ˈɪ_n_s_ə_n_t h_ˈɛ_d]\
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An English numismatist; born at Ipswich, England, in 1844. He entered the British Museum in 1864, became Assistant Keeper of the Coin Department in 1871, and Keeper in 1893. He has made a special study of ancient Greek coinage, and was the first to methodize the science of Greek numismatics by introducing a chronological system of classification. His works include: "History of the Coinage of Syracuse" (1874); "Guide to the Principal Gold and Silver Coins of the Ancients" (1881), both crowned by the French Institute; "Historia Numorum" (1887), a complete illustrated historical manual of the whole science of Greek numismatics.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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